Caspian States adopt Biodiversity Protocol and establish Convention Secretariat in the region

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – 30 May 2014: From 28 to 30 May, ministers of environment and other high-level government officials of the five Caspian States met in Ashgabat for the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Tehran Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea. They took major decisions towards ensuring a sustainable future for the Caspian Sea.